Feds won’t prosecute medical marijuana use

A new policy memo says pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana. New York is not among those states that allow medical marijuana. Read the story here, and share your thoughts on the policy change and whether New York should rethink its stance on the issue.

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I would be concerned if they allow it to be sold in convenience stores,they already get robbed for cigarettes,if you have a bunch of weed behind the counter!!Its nice to see while they keep trying to take away every vice people use to relax ,atleast they are considering allowing one—wait just one minute,I am told you can grow this stuff in your own yard and the government won’t be able to tax it and industry wont be able to make money off of it,OK scrap that one no legalizing it,besides if everyone is smoking pot think about the carbon emissions.

Bottom line is the government NEEDS it to be illegal. How else would they jstify the HUGE expenditureson on the so called (failed) drug war? Think about this, right now you can’t use certain oils to cook with if you own an eating establishment, yet you can by a pack of smokes in the same establishment, you can also buy alcohol at some of the establishments.WHY??? Think about it. Why does the FDA allow a drug known to cause how MANY health issues to continue to be marketed and sold?? Think about it???

If legalized who would have to support these additional deadbeats to the generous nys welfare system ?? Guess who would be forced to feed, cloth, care for their babies, attempt to educate their idiot offspring, absorb their medical costs,etc???? The poor taxpayer who is against legalization of marijuana. We are unable to take care of the loser alcoholics and “poor” in our society.

Medical marijuana use should not be approved. Marijuana has been proven to be a gateway drug for other drugs. It also creates aberrations in the mental state of the user which can lead to increased debilitation of the mind and leave one in a state of dependence upon the drug. This dependence is psychological not physical. It also can cause cancer in it’s users. Any drug which sets one up for the purpose of getting high is not good for anyone as it makes them unable to reason clearly when they are using it. I grew up in the 60′s and knew a few people who used it and know that they have not done well as a result of their use. One girl has been in a state hospital since 1969 as a result of her using a lot of drugs. I don’t want to see anyone go through that ordeal. They should treat themselves as people who are able to function to their best.

Douglas Pritchard all you refer people to is a website that tried to tell people that immediately after smoking a joint kids will decide to play Russian roulette with a clip loading pistol and run kids over at the drive through window. Listen to Dennis Leary marijuana doesn’t lead to other drugs it leads to carpentry (Jesus’ profession by the way). We could probably add video games, junk food, and phish records to the list as well.

From the blog of Sanjay Gupta(to CMA it was not the Drs exact words but that of CNNs Medical producer Stephanie Smith).

“The AMA shifted a 72-year-old policy about smoked marijuana, acknowledging that there could be some medical benefits, and urging reconsideration of the drug’s Schedule I status (Schedule I is a drug of abuse with “no accepted medical use.” Heroin and ecstasy are also Schedule I).”